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Fall, 1989 - September ---- Texas Bluebonnet; Texas Pride
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Summer, 1990 - May ---- 'Firebush' (Hamelia patens)
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Fall, 1990 - August ------ Mari-Mums
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Fall, 1992 - August ------ 'Surefire' tomato
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Spring, 1993 - February ----- Satsuma Mandarin
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Spring, 1993 - March ---- 'Texas Gold' Columbine
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Fall, 1993 - October ---- Chinese Pistache
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Spring, 1995 - April ---- SuperSun Coleus - 'Plum Parfait', 'Burgandy Sun'
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SPRING (February - March), 1997 -- Large-fruited tomato variety -- Merced (Northrup-King)
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SUMMER (May -June), 1997 --- Imperial Purple or Weeping Lavender (Lantana montevidensis) and 'Weeping White' or 'White Lightning' Lantana (Lantana montevidensis) for fragrance and beauty
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FALL (August), '97 -- Salvia leucantha
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SPRING ( Mid - March), 1998 ---- VERBENA BEAUTIES FOR SPRING PLANTING New, vigorous variety 'BLUE PRINCESS'
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SPRING (May 1st), 1998 Scaevola aemula 'New Blue Wonder' Fan Flower
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SPRING - SUMMER (May 22 - Memorial Day), 1998 ---- Large-flowered Purslane (Yubi-type) For hot summer color
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SPRING (Late March), 1999 ---- VIP (Violet In Profusion or Very Important Petunia) petunia; Begin statewide trialing in '98; NEVER officially promoted in San Antonio
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Summer, (Late May) 1999 -- 'Gold Star' Esparanza (Tecoma stans) (Greg Grant's Selection)
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Fall, (October) 1999 ------------- RED BERRIES FOR WINTER BEAUTIFICATION; 'Possum Haw' Holly
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SPRING ( early April), '2000 --- Maroon-colored Bluebonnet (transplant and seed) named 'Texas Maroon' and/or 'Alamo Fire' from Wildseed Farms in Fredricksburg, Texas
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SUMMER (June-July) , '2000 --- BIG BLOOMERS FOR SUMMER BEAUTY; Perennial Hibiscus -- Moy Grande (rose), Flare (hot pink) and Lord Baltimore (bright red)
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WINTER AND SPRING (Nov.- February) 2001--- ONCE - PLANTED, FOREVER
BEAUTIFUL ANNUALS FROM SEED OR
TRANSPLANT Bunny Bloom Larkspur
(Consolida ambigua)-- Mixed colors
containing a selection with pink petals and
white "bunny" head from transplants
combined with double flowered types from
Wildseed and seeded in the fall of 2000.
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Spring (April), '2001 -----'Laura Bush'
Petunia (Petunia x 'Laura Bush) Available
in blue and pink (Petunia x pink 'Laura
Bush')
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Late Spring (May), '2001 ----- 'Butterfly'
Deep Pink Pentas (not cherry red) from Pan
American Penta lanceolata 'Butterfly
Deep Pink'
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Fall (October), '2001 ---------- Oriental Maple
(Also known as Chinese Maple, Purpleblow
Maple, Shantung Maple) (Acer truncatum)
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SPRING, '2002 ----- Dwarf Ruellias (Mexican
petunia) (Ruellia brittoniana) such as 'Katie
Dwarf', 'Bonita' Pink Dwarf 'Katie', and the
Dwarf White
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SPRING (April), '2002 ----- Belinda's Dream
(Rosa x 'Belinda's Dream)
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SUMMER (May), '2002 -------- Perennial Phlox
'John Fanick' and 'Victoria') (Phlox paniculata
'John Fanick')
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FALL (October), '2002 ------------- Lacey Oak
(Quercus glaucoides)
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SPRING (February), '2003 ---- Phalaenopsis
Orchid (Phalaenopsis spp.)
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SUMMER, '2003--------'Marie Daly' Rose
(Rosa x polyantha 'Marie Daly') -- Pink - and
- Pretty - An old-fashioned, thornless
antique rose -- a pink selection of one of
the best, 'Marie Pavie'.
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SPRING (March) '2004 --Virus-free, large
fruited tomato named 'Tomato 444
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SPRING (April) '2004 --- 'Knockout' Rose
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FALL, '2004 -------- Chinquapin Oak
(Quercus muhlenbergi)
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SPRING (April) '2005 --- Blue Plumbago
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SUMMER,(June) '2005--------Tapioca
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SUMMER, (May) '2005 ------ 'Texas
Lilac' Vitex (Chaste trees (Vitex agnus-
castus)
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SPRING, (April) 2006 'Henry Duelberg' Salvia
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SPRING (May) 2006 - Duranta repens and
Duranta 'Gold Edge'
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SUMMER (August) 2006 - Water Gardening
with Texas' Best Water plants such as
'Texas Dawn' Waterlily.
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SPRING, (April) 2007 -----SunPride
Tomato and Green Magic Broccoli
and Capsicum Annuum
'NuMex Twilight' Ornamental Pepper
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SPRING (April) 2007 Petunia 'Tidal
Wave Cherry' and Petunia 'Tidal Wave
Silver' Trailing
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SPRING (May) 2008 - Firecracker Shrub
(Jatropha integerrima) (Compacta)
Available at Hines, ColorSpot and
Greenleaf.
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SUMMER, 2008 (July) Pride-Of-Barbados
(Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
Available at ColorSpot, Hines and
Greenleaf. For blooms 30-days earlier
than Texas' producers, order from Mt.
States Nursery in Arizona.
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SPRING (April) 2009 - Salvia, 'Mystic Spires
Blue' Available from most commercial
nurseries
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SPRING (May) 2009 - Caricature Plant
(Graptophyllum pictum 'tricolor' Griff)
Family: Acanthaceae
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SPRING (May) 2009 - Thryallis (Galphimia
glauca) Grown by Greenleaf and
ColorSpot
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SPRING (May) 2009 - Periwinkle (Annual
Vinca), 'Cora' and 'Nirvana' series.
Resistant to Phytophthora and deer
resistant.
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SPRING (February - April), 2010 - Rosa
'Grandma's Yellow' (Formerly
'Nacogdoches' ) - - Will become the
official "Yellow Rose for Texas")
Available from ColorSpot and Greenleaf
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SPRING (March-May), 2010 - Best-for-
Texas and the Southwest U.S. is the
vigorous variety 'BLUE PRINCESS' and
her seedlings which include 'Rose
Princess' and others. Available mainly
from ColorSpot Nurseries
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SPRING (February - April), 2010 - 'Dakato
Gold' (Helenium amarum) from Pan
American Seed
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SUMMER (June) 2010 - Perennial Hibiscus
- Hibiscus moscheutos -- 'Flare' Series -
'Flare', 'Pink Flare' and 'Peppermint Flare'
Available mainly from ColorSpot and to a
lesser extent from Greenleaf and Mt.
States Nursery in Arizona.
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Spring, 2010 - February - May-New Variety
of Satsuma Mandarin - Available
from Greenleaf, Hines and Saxon
Becnel & Sons in Orange, Texas
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Spring (March), 2011 -- Angelonia or
Summer Snapdragon (Angelonia
angustifolia)
PARSONS WRITE-UP at:
http://plantanswers.com/Flowers/Angelonia.asp
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Spring (April), 2011 Malvaviscus
drummondii 'Pam Puryear' (Pam Puryear
Turk's Cap) Available from ColorSpot
Nurseries
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SUMMER (June), 2012 - Lowery's Legacy Cenizo (Leucophyllum langmaniae -
Cimarron Sage) Available mainly from
Mt. States Nursery in Arizona
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